#time

If you're young enough, any kind of writing you do for a short period of time is a marvelous apprenticeship. ↗

— Irwin Shaw

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You must avoid giving hostages to fortune, like getting an expensive wife, an expensive house, and a style of living that never lets you aford the time to take the chance to write what you wish. ↗

— Irwin Shaw

#chance #expensive #fortune #getting #giving

Each time that you're playing a character, it's hard to pick a favorite. ↗

— Lindsey Shaw

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As a solo artist, I just felt cemented in front of the mike stand. There was very little time to play with the audience and be a band member. ↗

— Tommy Shaw

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By the time I did that third solo album, I'd finally learned how to do it, but I'd also learned that I liked being in a band. ↗

— Tommy Shaw

#also #band #being #by the time #did

It is all about being open and paying attention to the music in your head. I think most people have original music playing in their heads from time to time. ↗

— Tommy Shaw

#attention #being #from time to time #head #heads

It was more fun trying to figure out I Want To Hold Your Hand than to take lessons. By this time I knew basic chords. ↗

— Tommy Shaw

#chords #figure #fun #hand #hold

I thought I knew there was a God. I always acknowledged that, but at the same time, I didn't live by those laws. ↗

— Gary Sheffield

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I tend to be a subscriber to the idea that you have everything you need by the time you're 12 years old to do interesting writing for most of the rest of your life - certainly by the time you're 18. ↗

— Bruce Springsteen

#certainly #everything #i #idea #interesting

I'd have these weird experiences where I'd just be walking down the street with this chord progression in my head, this happened more than a few times, and I'd walk home and find a fax in my machine and it would match the music in my head. ↗

— Duncan Sheik

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